Tyson account of Atlas pulling gun on him...

Its nice to hear stuff from Tyson thats often talked about by other people but not Tyson himself.

If i ever had an oppurtunity to question him, id ask him what he thought of his chances against Bowe, Foreman, Moorer, Mercer, Biggs and Tua. But knowing him, he would probably twist the answer around and tell me some bull****. He has a habit of twisting things and not answering questions clearly

 

I've been looking for this video since it was posted a few months ago. Thanks for sharing.

It's funny but I never heard Tyson's side of the story till this video came out.

 

Interesting. Typical, Teddy Atlas' storys always get refuted by those on the other end. Like the Lalonde story. He said in his book that he had a gun and was going to Lalondes apartment to kill. Lalonde came out immediately calling bull**** saying that he didnt even live in the apartment Teddy described when that supposedly happened. I think Tyson nails Teddy here, he really wants to look like some head shrink tough guy. Hes not. Hes a liar and a self promoter who has spent his career bashing a guy who is the only reason why we know who Teddy is.

 

I think he meant Shannon Briggs.

 

Sorry i meant BRIGGS, these are some of the guys he could have/should have fought after prison but didnt. Wins over these guys would h\ve done it for him, better than Norris, Savarese and Francis (FFS)

Bowe would have been the toughest fight no doubt, but i wanna know what he though of Bowe and whether or not he would have beaten him. I reckon Tyson had a better chance against Bowe after prison and a better chance agains Holyfield pre prison.

"Ruddock" Tyson vs Bowe 92 would have been crazy!

 

atlas is an *******... always has been

 

I would have loved to see Tyson vs Briggs.....who gasses first!!!

I know 91 Tyson was nothing like Tyson of old, however realistically Tyson and Bowe could have fought in 91 and/or 96ish....

 

Even a '99 Tyson (Botha fight) proved better stamina than Peak Briggs, when in a proper fight.

When really working hard, a '98 Peak Briggs had only 3 rounds of stamina! :rofl

Against Old Foreman, when Briggs started to gass, he switched to lazy survival mode, & got a gift decision, so that doesn't show real stamina at all.

 

Tyson's a boss.

 

I think there's some truth by both sides. I have no doubt that Atlas was a bit jealous of all of the new attention that Mike was getting when he used to be the one getting the attention, but at the same time Mike was most likely getting into trouble and Cus was covering it up and it pissed off Teddy that there was a big double standard. Atlas mentions in his book how Cus was making acceptions for Mike's behavior but nobody else's.

I do believe that he came home one day and found Mike had tried to do things with Teddy's niece that she did not like and that Teddy went out and made sure it never happened again. I think he went to the extremes that he did because he knew:
A) Even though Mike was like 15 or 16 years old, he was stronger than and could take most people who were in their 30s. He was no average teenager physically at all.
B) That Cus wasn't going to do anything about it anyway.
C) It was just going to continue if he didn't do something drastic
D) He was already very upset with Mike's behavior and wanted to send a very strong message to Cus and Mike.

 

U NAILED IT:good

 

Riddick boqwe didnt have the style to beat mike tyson........bowe ducked lennox/ he also ducked razor ruddock and fought phil brown instead.....mike tyson fought razor ruddock 2 times in 3 months and 10 days...